Eye mounting for dolls



1931. L. A. NEMCOVSKY EYE MOUNTING FOR DOLLS Filed Jun 7, 1927 3Sheets-Sheet l 7 w! Him.

1931- I A. NEMCOVSKY 1,820,087

EYE MOUNTING FOR DOLLS Filed June '7, 1927 I5 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR L011214 .JI Z'm cow/2y (f ATTO EY 1931- L. A. NEMCOVSKY 1,820,087

- EYE MOUNTING FOR DOLLS File e '7, 1927 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Aug.25, 1931 1? ATE :r OFFICE LOUIS AV NEMCOVSKY, OF NEW YORK, N. :Y.,ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO 'MARGON CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK, N.Y., COBPQRATION OF-NE-W YORK EYE TMO'UNTING- FOR "DOLLS Applicationfiled Iune 'Y, 1927. Serial No. 197,017.

This invention relates to eye mountings for dolls, andhas for itsprimary object to provide an improved means for supporting anoscillatory eye setting within a doll head which may be easily andquickly attached to the head wall without the use 'of adhesives andwhich is provided with means for automatically maintaining the mountingin a substantiallyrigid attached position, notwithstanding subsequentshrinkage of the composition: structure of thehead wall. It is anotherobject of the invention to provide a supporting bridge for theeyesetting having relatively movable parts provided with means forimpaling internal abutment surfaces on opposite sides of the doll head,and a resilienttensioned member extending between'said.partsiof thebridge and engaged therewithacting to expand or separate the 1-12 samerelative to each other and-thereby apply acontinuously acting forceconstantly urging the impaling means into the structure of thehead-wall. I

It is also another object of the'invention 345 in one embodiment thereofto provide a supportingbridge of the. above character having integrallyformed means projecting towards=thefront wall of the doll head andhaving bearing seats or recesses receiving no the rod or axis of theoscillatory eye setting. In another embodiment of the supporting bridgestructure, I may formthe same into slidably engaged parts connected bythe resilient element acting to slide said parts in as relativelyopposite directions and engage the impaling means thereofin' theopposite side walls of the doll head, and a separate bracket element toreceive the oscillatory eye setting provided with means whereby it maybe read- Mo ily attached in fixed relation to the supporting bridgeafter the latter has been mounted in the doll head.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in theimproved eye r mounting for dolls, and in the form, constructi'on andrelative arrangement of its several: parts as will be hereinafter morefully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, andsubsequently incorporated in the subjoined claims.

In the drawings, wherein I have illustrated several simple and practicalembodiments of the invention, and in whichsimilar reference charactersdesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views,-

Figure :1 is a vertical sectional VlGW through; thefrontwall of a dollhead illustrating one embodiment of-my improved eye mounting appliedthereto;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the mounting, the doll head being omitted;

- Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially on t-he-line3 of Fig.1;

Fig. l is aplan view of the blank from which the eye mounting is formed;

Fig. 5 is a vertical section'similar to Fig. 1, showing anotherembodiment of'the dev1ce;

Fig.- 6 is-asectional view taken substantially on the line 66' of Fig.6

:Fig. 7: is a: horizontal sectional view taken on the li-ne 7 -7- ofFig.5;

Fig. 8 is a detailperspe'ctive view of the bearing bracket-for the eyesetting;

'-Fig. 9'is a vertical section similar to Fig. 6: 'showing' anotheralternative embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 10 is a sectionalview taken substan tially on the line 10-10of'Fig. 9;

' Fig-I1 is a horizontal se'ctionalview taken on=the line'1111 of Fig.9, and

Fig; 12 is a detail plan view of the supportingbridge shown in Fig. 11,the parts thereof being separated and one of said parts partially insection.

Referring in detail tothe drawings, and more particularly to- Figs-1 to4: thereof, the doll head 5ismolded or otherwise fashioned fromwoodpulp, papier mache, or other suitable composition material to providethe customary facial features on the 'outer'surface thereof inappropriate-relation to each other. The front wall of the doll head isprovided with the usual eye openings there through in spaced relation toeach other, the head wall at-the inner. side of each opening beingmilled to provide an eye member receiving socket as indicated at 6. V

The opposite sidewall of the doll head adjacent to each of the eyereceiving sockets 6 is internally formed with a vertical abutmentsurface 7, said surfaces being in parallel relation to each other and inplanes substantially at right angles to the general plane of the frontwall of the doll head.

The supporting bridge for the eye setting in this embodiment of myinvention is formed from a single strip of resilient sheet as indicatedgenerally at 8 in Fig. 4 of the drawings. This metal strip is of course,of predetermined length to permit of its subsequent formation as will bepresently explained, in accordance with the distance between theinternal abutment surfaces 7 of the doll head.

The strip 8 is stamped out by means of a suitable cutting die to provideat each end thereof the spaced spurs 9. In the central portion of thestrip, spaced longitudinally extending tongues 10 are out which remainintegrally connected at one of their ends with the body of the strip,the other end of each tongue having a bearing seat or recess 11 formedtherein. Between these tongues at its opposite ends, the central part ofthe strip is cut out or formed with the elongated openings 12 so thatthe parts of the metal strip at the opposite sides of these openingswill readily yield or give. There is also provided in each end of themetal strip an outwardly struck lip or finger affording a shoulder 13,the purpose of which will hereinafter appear.

After the blank has been cut out in the manner illustrated in Fig. 4, itis then bent to provide a central U-shaped portion 14 and a successionof reversely bent semi-circularly curved portions 15 at each side of thecentral portion 14, said latter bends being formed in the parts of themetal strip provided with the cut-outs or elongated openings 12. Theends of the metal strip then extend in the same direction as the centralpart 14 and in substantially parallel relation to the opposite sidesthereof. The spurs 9 are also bent to project laterally at right anglesto these end portions of the bridge member while the tongues 10 are bentout of the plane of the opposite sides of the U-shaped part 14 andextendedforwardly therefrom so that they project in spaced parallelrelation to each other and at right angles to the plane of the centralpart of the U-shaped bend 14.

A resilient wire rod 20 is then bowed and placed under tension, said rodextending through the slots or openings 12 and having its opposite endsengaged against the shoulders 13. Therefore, it will be understood thatthe tendency of this tensioned rod is to straighten out the curvedsections 15 of the bridge plate and thereby separate or force theopposite ends of the bridge plate away from each other.

For purposes of illustration, I have shown a conventional type ofoscillatory eye setting which includes the rod or axis 16 upon theopposite ends of which the eye members 17 are suitably secured, apendulum rod 18 having a suitable weight 19 on its lower end beingsecurely fixed at its upper end to the central portion of the rod 16.

In the use of the device above described, the eye setting may be firstinserted Within the doll head through the neck opening thereof, and thebridge member then likewise positioned through the neck opening withinthe doll and by the sense of touch, the rod 16 of the eye setting can bereadily engaged in the bearing seats or recesses 11 of the forwardlyprojecting spaced tongues 10. The operator now presses inwardly'upon theopposite ends of the bridge plate 8, the curved sections 15 thereof andthe rod 20 yielding to such pressure until the spurs 9 are positionedinwardly of the planes of the flattened surfaces 7 and the oppositesides of the head wall. The eye members 17 are then properly fitted intothe respective sockets 6 and the bridge plate is released. Thereupon,the bridge plate tends to return to its normal position and is alsopositively distended by the rod 20, thus impaling the spurs 9 underpressure in the'structure of the doll head wall and closely engaging theends of the bridge plate against the abutment surfaces 7. However, therod 20 is still held under considerable tension. Therefore, as the dollhead wall shrinks, the ends of the bridge plate and the spurs 9 will beconstantly pressed or urged outwardly by the tendency of the resilientrod20 to straighten out, thus preventing the loosening of the spurs 9 inthe head wall and their possible detachment therefrom so that thesupporting bridge for the eye setting will be completely released. Thus,notwithstanding such shrinkage of the doll head wall, the security ofthe attachment of the bridge member to the opposite sides of the headwall will be maintained, thus obviating the displacement of the eyesetting from its proper position in operative relation to the eyesockets in the front wall of the doll head.

In Figures 5 to 8 of the drawings, I have illustrated another embodimentof the device which dilfers in two principal respects from theconstruction above described in that the bridge plate is positioned in ahorizontal instead of a vertical plane, and secondly, the bearing meansfor the eye setting instead of being integrally formed with the bridgeplate consists of a separate bracket member provided with suitable meansfor attachment to the central portion of the bridge plate.

In this modified construction, the bridge plate 8 also consists of astamped sheet metal plate or strip which is provided with a centralopening indicated at 21 and spaced elongated openings 22 at each side ofsaid central opening. The latter portions of the bridge plate arebent-to form the single U-shape'd'parts 23 projecting from one side ofthe central portion ofthe plate, the free endsof said U-shaped parts 23being provided with spaced laterally projecting spurs 9.

The ends of the bridge plate are also providedwith inwardly strucktongues or pro jections 24 at the outer ends of the openings 22 attheouterportions of the-bridge plate. Anelongated normally closed loop ofresilientwire 25 is adapted to be positioned at its endswithin the bends23 of the bridge plate and against the tongues 24. This arrangementof=the loop 25 may be readily effected by first engaging the closed endof the loop against one of the tongues 24 and then expanding orspreading the side portions ofthe loop 'apartso as topermit the ends ofthe wire at the opposite end of the loop to be engaged against the innerside of the bridge plate at its opposite ends upon the other of thetongues 24.

A supporting bracket member for the eye setting shown in detail in Fig.8 of the drawings consists of a sheet metal stamping having-a U-shapedend portion 26 and an arm 27 projecting from the intermediate partthereof and in a plane at=right angles thereto. Upon the opposite sideedges of the arm 27, the bendable lugs or fingers 28 are formed,

said fingers normally extending at right angles to the arm 27.

In this latter construction of the device, the bridge plate is firstinserted through the neck opening of the doll head, the end portions ofthe bends 23 thereof being forced inwardly to permit of the arrangementof the bridge plate between parallel abutment surfaces 7 on the oppositeside walls of the doll head, it being understood that said bridge plateis arranged in a horizontal plane with the curved portions 23 thereofprojecting upwardly from the intermediate portion of the plate. Theresilient wire loop 25 is thus placed under tension so that upon releaseof the bridge plate, the end portions thereof will be outwardly expandedby said wire loop and the spurs 9 will be forcibly embedded or impaledin the abutment surfaces 7. The eye setting properly arranged upon thespaced arms of the U-shaped part 26 of the supporting bracket is theninserted through the neck opening of the doll head and the arm 27 ofsaid bracket is positioned beneath the central portion of the bridgeplate so that the fingers 28 on said arm will project upwardly throughthe central opening 21 in the bridge plate. Said fingers are then bentdownwardly upon the intermediate part of' the bridge plate at oppositeends of said opening, and the extremities of said fingers bent over theedges of the openings 22. Thus, the bracket member may be easily,quickly and securely .attached to the supporting bridge plate tosustain' the eye setting inits proper operating position.

In Figures 9 to 12 of the drawings,-I have parts shown in detail in Fig.12 of the drawings. Each of these parts is in the-form of a simple sheetmetal stamping, the part 29 be ing in the form of an elongated plate ormetal strip of suitable-lengthand width, the edges of which are slidablyengaged in parallel guide channels 31 formed on the other part 30. Eachof these bridge parts at one of its ends is provided with thespacedspurs32 and adjacent thereto with an opening 33. Between thespurs '32, a lug34 is formed which is adapted to be turned over and clinched upon oneend of the expanding wire loop 35. The part 29 is further-provided wltha longitudinally extending opening 36 therein for-the attachment ofasupporting bracket for the eye setting, said bracket being ofsubstantially the same form and construction as that shown in Fig. 8 ofthe drawings.

'Intheuse of this last described embodiment of the invention, pins orlugs on the relatively movable parts with suitable-tools are adapted tobe engaged in the openings 33 of the respective bridge parts which arethen forced inwardly so the distance between the spurs 32 on the outerends of said bridge parts is-such thatsaidspurs may be readilypositioned between the internal abutment surfaces on the side walls ofthe doll head. The tool is then removed, whereupon the ex anding loop 35slides the bridge parts relatlve to each other in an outward directionand forcibly impales the spurs 32 in the opposite sides of the headwall. It willbe seenthat this construction when attached to the wall ofa doll head provides a very rigid and substantialsupport for the eyesetting. "In each of the illustrated embodiments of my invention, anyshrinkage of the doll headwall is automatically compensated for by acorresponding adjustment of the supporting bridge for the eye settingwhereby'any possibility of the release or detachment of the supportingbridge from the doll head'wall by reason of such shrinkage will beobviated. 'It will be appreciated that since the several parts of thedevice are'in the form of'very'simple stampings of sheet metal, that thesame may be manufactured at comparatively small cost. At the same timehowever, each of the con structions herein referred to is reliable andeflicient for the purpose in View. Nevertheless, it is possible that thesame results might be attainedfby means of various other alternativeforms of the several constructions herein particularly described, and Iaccordingly, reserve the privilege of resorting to all such legitimatechanges I in the form, construction and relative arrangement of theseveral parts as may be fairly embodied within the spirit and scope ofthe invention as claimed.

I claim:

1. In combination with a doll head having spaced eye openings in itsfront wall and internal abutment surfaces on its side walls adj acentsaid eye openings, a supporting bridge for an oscillatory eye settingconsisting of a 'resilient metal plate having spaced portions yieldableunder pressure for movement towards and from each other and providedwith spurs adapted to impale said abutment surfaces of the doll headwall, said parts of the bridge plate adapted to be forced inwardlytowards each other to position the spurs thereof for engagement withsaid abutment surfaces, and a bowed resilient member extending betweenand engaged with said relatively movable parts of the bridge plate tourge the same away from each other and force the spurs under pressureinto the structure of the head wall, and said bridge plate having meansprojecting forwardly therefrom between the eye openings of the doll headwall adapted to receive the axis of an oscillatory eye setting.

2. A supporting bridge for oscillatory eye settings for dolls comprisinga plate of resilient sheet metal having spaced curved portionsrelatively yieldable towards and from each other and provided with spursadapted to impale the opposite side walls of a doll head, said platebeing centrally provided with means to receive the axis of anoscillatory eye setting, and a bowed resilientmember engaged at its endswith the spaced parts of the bridge plate having the spurs thereon andplaced under tension by the inward movement of said parts to positionthe spurs for engagement in the opposite side walls of the doll head.

3. A supporting bridge for oscillatory eye settings for dolls comprisinga stamped resilient sheet metal plate bent to provide a central U-shapedpart and reversely bent portions at opp-ositesides of said U-shaped partyieldable relative to each other, and the 0pposite ends of said platebeing provided with laterally projecting spurs, said ends of the platebeing adapted to be forced under nressure towards each other to positionsaid spurs to be embedded in internal surfaces formed on opposite sidesof a doll head wall, and said central part of the bridge plate havingtongues struck therefrom and projecting forwardly provided with bearingseats to receive the axis of an oscillatory eye setting.

l. A supporting bridge for oscillatory eye settings for dolls comprisinga stamped resilient sheet metal plate bent to provide a central U-shapedpart and reversely bent portions at opposite sides of said Ushapedpartyieldable relative to each other, and the opposite ends of saidplate being provided with laterally projecting spurs, said ends of theplate being adapted to be forced under pressure towards each other toposition said spurs to be embedded in internal surfaces formed onopposite sides of a doll head wall, and said central part of the bridgeplate having tongues struck therefrom and projecting forwardly providedwith bearing seats to receive the axis of an oscillatory eye setting,and a bowed resilient wire rod extending between said ends of the bridgeplate and engaged therewith and constantly tending to urge the sameapart and embed the spurs in the structure of the doll head wall.

5. A supporting bridge for oscillatory eye settings for dolls comprisinga plate of resilient sheet metal adapted to be transversely positionedwithin a doll head adjacent the front wall thereof, means centrallyconnected with the bridge plate to receive the axis of the eye setting,said plate having spurs at its ends to impale the opposite side walls ofthe doll head and provided between said spurs and said central part ofthe plate with curved relatively yieldable portions adapted to be placedunder tension in positioning the bridge plate within the doll head andacting to con stantly urge the ends of said plate apart and embed thespurs thereof in the doll head structure.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 9 my invention, I have signedmy name hereto.

LOUIS A. NEMCOVSKY.

